President, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma counties, 1984-1986 : by Ronald H Kaufman(
)1
edition published
in
1998
in
English
and held by
4 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Family life, Tucson, father's activities on behalf of Israel; University of California, Berkeley M.B.A., 1959; marriage to
Barbara Kassner; starts real estate firm specializing in rehabilitation and preservation; president, Jewish Family Service
Agency, and vice president and co-founder, National Assn. of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies; San Francisco-based Jewish
Community Federation: founder and first chairman, Leadership Development Committee, given Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Memorial Award,
1972, fundraising, committee membership, president, 1984-1986; reforming Jewish Agency; demographic study, direct allocation
to Israel; Jewish Community Endowment Fund

A reflection on the early years of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation : by Samuel A Ladar(
Book
)1
edition published
in
1990
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Ladar describes his childhood in the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Ayslum, San Francisco; labor law practice in firm of Jesse H. Steinhart;
San Francisco Committee for Service to Emigres, late 1930s, and Survey Committee; Jewish National Welfare Fund director, 1947;
Fund merger with Jewish Welfare Federation, 1955; Federation work and civic and Jewish community activities. Includes interview
with Ernest H. Weiner, executive director, San Francisco Bay Area American Jewish Committee, and Earl Raab, executive director
emeritus, Jewish Community Relations Council

The Governor's Office under Edmund G. Brown, Sr. : and related material(
)
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Interviewees, and titles of interviews, as follows: photographs inserted. William Becker. Working for Civil Rights: With Unions,
the Legislature, and Governor Pat Brown. Comments on National Farm Labor Union organizing in Imperial Valley, 1947-52; the
California Committee for Fair Employment Practices and the Fair Employment Practices Commission; working as assistant for
human rights in Brown's office. Warren Christopher. Special Counsel to the Governor: Recalling the Pat Brown Years. May Layne
Bonnell Davis. An Appointment Secretary Reminisces. Richard Kline. Governor Brown's Faithful Advisor. Comments on work as
travel secretary, directing campaign for fair housing against Proposition 14, the Watts riots in Los Angeles. Frank Mesplé.
From Clovis to the Capitol: Building a Career as a Legislative Liaison. Comments on California Democratic Council, reapportionment,
bracero program, governor's conflict with Jesse Unruh, etc. Cecil Poole. Executive Clemency and the Chessman Case. Comments
also on civil rights issues

Peter Haas, a life : in his own words, with commentary by friends and associates by Peter E Haas(
)1
edition published
in
2002
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
California childhood; education in the west and in the east; Peter Haas and Levi Strauss; philanthropy; the Miriam and Peter
Haas Fund; Tony Vermont, a horse with a mind of his own; memories of travel for the Council on Foreign Relations. Interspersed
are reminiscences by Warren Hellman, Daniel Koshland, Rita Guiney, Phyllis Cook, Ann Wilson, Robert Fisher, John Kreidler,
John Cash, C.D. Mote, John Gardner, Mimi Haas, Cheryl Polk, and Bruce Siever

President, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, 1967-1968 : by Robert E Sinton(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1991
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Sinton discusses his family background and ties to the San Francisco Jewish community; Navy service, WWII; fund-raising in
the Jewish community, beginning in 1939; board member, San Francisco Jewish Community Center, 1950, president, 1954-1956;
co-chairman, Jewish National Welfare Fund campaign, 1949; president, Jewish Welfare Federation, 1967-1968; merger of Jewish
National Welfare Federation (now Jewish Community Federation), 1955; thoughts on the Holocaust, on Israel, family attitudes
about Jewishness, the importance of personal civic improvement, and on board memberships

Executive of the San Francisco Community Relations Council, 1951-1987 ; advocate of minority rights and democratic pluralism
: by Earl Raab(
)1
edition published
in
1998
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Early years, political activity, City College, NY; Army combat intelligence; marriage, writing for Commentary; to San Francisco,
1951, executive director Jewish Community Relations Council: issues of anti-Semitism, neo-Nazi activities, Soviet Jewish emigration,
church and state, civi rights, black-Jewish relations; cooperation with Farm Workers Union, San Francisco and California Mental
Health associations, Bay Area Human Relations Clearinghouse, Human Rights Commission, World Without War Council, San Francisco
Organizing Project, American Association for the United Nations; discusses political environment of the sixties and seventies,
Israel, retirement involvement with Jewish studies. Appendices include extensive examples of Raab's writings

President, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma counties, 1994-1996 : by Douglas M Heller(
)1
edition published
in
1998
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Family background, and business career with Levison Brothers Insurance Brokerage; president, Jewish Home for the Aged, 1991-1993;
San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation: committee assignments, 1971 Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Memorial Award, 1975 campaign
chairman; federation president: changes implemented, reflections on presidency, federation's role in community; affiliations
with Concordia Club, temples Emanu-El and Beth Am, Menlo Circus Club

A well-tempered musician's unfinished journey through life : by Ludwig Altman(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1990
in
English
and held by
2 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Altman recalls life in Germany and the rise of Nazism, his training in Berlin at the Academy for Church and School Music,
and his emigration to the United States in 1937. He discusses his 50 year career as organist at Temple Emanu-El, and his 33
years with the San Francisco Symphony. He also recalls many outstanding musicians and conductors, including Alfred Hertz and
Pierre Monteux

Administration of Jewish philanthropy in San Francisco : by Sanford M Treguboff(
)1
edition published
in
1988
in
English
and held by
2 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Discusses his work, and fund raising, with the San Francisco Committee for Service to Emigres, the United National Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration in Germany, tracing displaced persons, and his career with the Federation of Jewish Charities
and the Jewish National Welfare Fund. It also includes recollections of his childhood in Harbin, China, and his education
at the University of California, Berkeley

Lifelong volunteer in San Francisco : by Sylvia L Stone(
)2
editions published
in
1983
in
English
and held by
2 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Early years in San Francisco, educaiton at UC, Berkeley, newspaper work and marriages, work with the Jewish community and
other volunteer, charity and community work in the Bay Area

President, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, 1988-1990 : by Annette R Dobbs(
)1
edition published
in
2002
in
English
and held by
2 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Family background, St. Louis, MO and San Diego, CA, Depression years; marriage to Harold Dobbs, 1941, five children, assisting
his political campaigns, Mel's Drive-Ins; federation's women's division president, 1972-1974; San Francisco-based Jewish Community
Federation: campaign chairman, 1978, involvement with Israel, Project Renewal, Jewish education, challenges to Jewish Agency,
"Who is a Jew" issue; president, 1988-1990: strategic planning, rescue of Ethiopian and Soviet Jews; national and local Jewish
organizations: national vice president, United Jewish Appeal, board of trustees, United Israel Appeal, first woman board member,
Concordia-Argonaut Club